The wearing of torn jeans

[sun888_99]

Dear cecil,
Is it true that parents don't allow their children to wear jeans (with patches and holes which were in fashion not so long ago)
since they believe that it brings bad luck and poverty. Thanks.

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Anon,
This reminds me of what my mum told me, since young that one should not wear `torn clothings' as it implies that one would become a beggar. As some beggars wear torn clothings.
Again, this is a Chinese belief. More modern parents would not `blink an eye' if their children go out and purposely buy torn jeans as they are in fashion sometime back.
Maybe these modern parents even actually worn torn jeans.
I guess, many of us know that this conference: Chinese culture, there are really no right or wrong answers as it is routed in one's personal beliefs and experiences.
Let me elaborate further on another example. Some parents belief that if they young e.g. talks first before they learn to walk, to them, this means that the child will be fortunate as they will be `well off' in life.
Contrast this to a child who learns to walk before he/she talks. Here, the signficance is that the child has to `work' rather than use his/her mouth to `delegate' work.
Well, we can all laugh at such inference. Again, this is based on beliefs.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 10/31/99 1:30:44 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
Is it true that parents don't
allow their children to wear
jeans (with patches and holes
which were in fashion not so
long ago)
since they believe that it
brings bad luck and poverty.
Thanks.